When His Eyes Opened

Chapter 1079

“Listen, Elliot. Even if you spout all those wild exaggerations about me out there, I would never become someone like that.” Avery lay down on the bed, then said, “At the very least, I’m never knitting a sweater again.” .

“They don’t know you. I just wanted them to know that you didn’t climb any ladders to get to me.” Elliot wrote down all of his passwords on the piece of paper, then handed it over to her. “For your perusal, Honey.”

Avery accepted his reasoning. She picked up the piece of paper, went through it in detail, then noticed something that stood out. “Is the ‘AT’ at the beginning of your social media password my initials?”

“That’s right. The pin to my credit card is Layla’s birthday,” he said. “The two of you are the most important women in my life.”

Avery’s cheeks flushed. Then, she asked, “Are your sons not important?”

“Not relatively as important.” Elliot sat by the bed, then added, “You and Layla are much more thoughtful. Our sons just get angry at me all the time.”

“Robert has never gotten mad at you. You can’t just decide that sons aren’t as good just because of your relationship with Hayden.”

rather than depend on me.” Elliot walked over to the window and pulled back the sheer, white curtains.” I’ll help them out before they’re of age. Once they’re no longer minors, I won’t coddle them

would still be under twenty years old! Are you sure you won’t

I won’t.” Elliot took off his coat, hung it, and sat next to Avery. “I don’t want our sons to become a loser like

the children don’t ask for our help, there’s no reason for us to get too involved. Hayden’s got a strong personality. I doubt he’d want us

“That’s true.”

you don’t want to invite your brother to the wedding?” Avery lay down, then wrapped her arms around Elliot. “You invited all your other relatives. Wouldn’t he be upset

a long time ago,” Elliot said coldly. “I won’t invite him just

him,” Avery said.

very quickly settled down as he drifted off

watched his haggard face, and

thought of how he had departed from his usual character of a man of few words to one who sang her praises to the moon just so she would not have

the moment they had cleared things up between them, she could clearly feel Elliot’s deep feelings

she would not disappoint his love for

Villa to pick up Mrs. Cooper and